• FlamingHot@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think that applies here. Why would you ever burn a Quran IN PUBLIC? If you are not religious, or subscribe to other religions, why would you even own a quran? Quran burning in public has only one purpose, to provoke hate. Same as burning flags in public. Or hating certain groups of people in public. None of it is allowed or ok to do.

    If you burn that thing at home or throw it in the trash, nobody will care. Otherwise it just falls into the “incite violence” category of things, because that is exactly the thing you are doing.

    If moslems then go into a rage and be violent themselves, that isn’t ok either, that should be clear.

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      1 year ago

      You should be allowed to display your beliefs in public, regardless of how enraged they might make others. You shouldn’t be allowed to make direct threats, but anything else should be fair game.

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        1 year ago

        I completely agree with you and @pizzazz@lemmy.world. Keep in mind though that in most European countries some harmless displays of belief are already banned, for example burning the national flag.

        Then in Germany and Austria you can be arrested just for looking at a swastika on your phone.

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          Then in Germany and Austria you can be arrested just for looking at a swastika on your phone.

          You absolutely cannot.

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          1 year ago

          This is simply false. In Germany, the swastika may be used in the context of education, art and some other places.

          You are simply not allowed to march up and down the street with a swastika flag, which seems very reasonable.